Suryakumar Yadav-Kieron Pollard
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Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten 34 and took India to victory in the first ODI against West Indies at Ahmedabad. He added an unbeaten stand of 62 runs with Deepak Hooda (26*) who made his ODI debut in the first game. This happened after India lost two back to back wickets with the team score of 115 and 116 in the chase.

After securing India’s win, Suryakumaar Yadav revealed how Windies skipper Kieron Pollard sledged him in the first game. Both are teammates at Mumbai Indians in the IPL and were retained by the franchise ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction.

Kieron Pollard Told Me A Few Things: Suryakumar Yadav

SKY-Pollard
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“Pollard told me a few things. ‘Midwicket was open, why are you not flicking as you do in IPL’ but it was different here… I wanted to stay there till the end,” Suryakumar said in a chat with the official broadcasters.

Incidentally, Yadav could not quite finish the game in the third and final ODI against South Africa as they lost the game by 4 runs. The Men in Blue were whitewashed in the ODI series against South Africa.

Deepak Hooda playing his first game looked calm and composed during his innings. He played a mature inning without taking too many risks and added that matchwinning partnership with SKY. Surya complimented him as well for seeing India through to a win and his experience playing domestic cricket behind the same.

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma was happy with how the team played the game. He said that there is room for improvements but he was happy with the team ticking off all the boxes.

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Rohit Sharma
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“We ticked all boxes. Pretty happy with that. With that bat we could’ve finished with not so many wickets, that is one. Could also have created pressure on their lower order. Don’t want to take any credit away. The way we bowled upfront and then towards the back end was good to see. We want to keep getting better as a team. The end goal is we should be able to achieve what the team wants. If the team requires us to do something different, have to do it. Don’t think we have to change a lot. All I ask from players is to keep challenging themselves” said Rohit after winning his first game as India’s full-time white-ball skipper.

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Anshuman Roy is an author at Cricketaddictor. He has been working with the organization since January 2022 and he has written more than 6000 articles for the website.